(What I see, What I've been taught, what I've learned, what amazes me...)

May 28, 2008

We went hiking...

Even with the windy and rainy weather over our long weekend, Wonderful Guy and I got in two hikes, one to Pawnee Buttes, and one to Rabbit Mountain. Both were suggested in a “Best Wildflower Hikes” book he gave me back for Christmas when we were just keeping company.

(That reminds me of that first Christmas and trying to figure out the appropriate gift. I decided on a print from a photographer friend of the Tetons in winter, and two books on hiking. And I received from him….two prints from the same photographer friend and a book on wildflower hikes!)

But I digress…our hikes were very windy, but full of flowers. Pawnee Buttes is out on the windswept prairie, and with weather moving in, we didn’t tarry much for photo ops. I got a few, but haven’t really studied them. Rabbit Mountain, however, was a sunnier day, less prairie-ish and more foothills-ish. The flowers were showier and plentiful.

I spotted my first spiderwort of the year, and in climbing to get a shot of it, found my first snake of the year. Not big, not dangerous, but still….surprising.

We spotted this butterfly and Wonderful Guy got several in-focus shots. I just love my little digital camera!

2 comments:

ahhh...Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker in the background, copper mallow (which I have always loved). Looks like wildflower season has arrived! Something I don't have much of here—wildflowers. I'm hoping to hit the wildflower season just right at our cabin when we're there in two weeks time.